Assessing public support for three-strikes-and-you're-out laws: Global versus specific attitudes

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 517-534

  Applegate, Brandon K ^a   Cullen, Francis T ^a   Turner, Michael G ^a   Sundt, Jody L ^a  

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EID: 0030511306     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128796042004002     Document Type: Article

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